Missouri Tornado Aftermath: May 23, 2011

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel MISSOURI — An emergency worker searches a Walmart store that was severely damaged by a tornado in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Charlie Riedel

AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, Roger Nomer MISSOURI — An emergency worker searches through damaged cars along Range Line Road in Joplin, Mo. in Joplin, Mo. after a tornado struck the city on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011.

Roger Nomer

AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, Roger Nomer MISSOURI — An emergency worker carries a girl to safety from the remains of Academy Sports in Joplin, Mo. after a tornado struck the city on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011.

Roger Nomer

AP Photo/Mike Gullett MISSOURI — Residents of Joplin, Mo, survey the damage after a tornado hit the city on Sunday, May 22, 2011. The tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and businesses.

Mike Gullett

AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein MISSOURI — Volunteers and firefighters from Grove Township, Kan., look through the wreckage of a destroyed homes in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Mark Schiefelbein

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel MISSOURI — Emergency workers wait for a medical team after finding a body in a tornado ravaged car in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Charlie Riedel

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel MISSOURI — Emergency workers wait for a medical team after finding a body in a tornado ravaged car in Joplin, Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Charlie Riedel

MISSOURI — Damaged vehicles litter the parking lot of St. John's Hospital in Joplin, Mo, after a tornado hit the southwest Missouri city on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011. A massive tornado blasted its way across southwestern Missouri on Sunday, flattening several blocks of homes and businesses in Joplin and leaving residents frantically scrambling through the wreckage. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)

Mike Gullett

MISSOURI — Residents begin digging through the rubble of their home after it was destroyed by a tornado that hit Joplin, Mo. on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011. The tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)

MIKE GULLETT

AP Photo/Mike Gullett MISSOURI — A man carries a young girl who was rescued after being trapped with her mother in their home after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo. on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011. The tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and businesses.

Mike Gullett

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel MISSOURI — An emergency worker searches a Walmart store that was severely damaged by a tornado in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Charlie Riedel

AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, Roger Nomer MISSOURI — Emergency personnel assess the damage of the remains of the Academy Sports building at 17th St. and Range Line Road in Joplin, Mo. following the tornado that struck the city on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011. A massive tornado blasted its way across southwestern Missouri on Sunday, flattening several blocks of homes and businesses in Joplin.

ROGER NOMER

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel MISSOURI — Pepsi Cola employee Mark Johnson looks at the wreckage of the Pepsi Cola Bottling Plant that was destroyed by a tornado in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Charlie Riedel

AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein MISSOURI — A destroyed helicopter lies on its side in the parking lot of the Joplin Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging the hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Mark Schiefelbein

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel MISSOURI — Pepsi Cola employee Mark Johnson looks at the wreckage of the Pepsi Cola Bottling Plant that was destroyed by a tornado in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Charlie Riedel

AP Photo/Mike Gullett MISSOURI — A man carries a young boy who was rescued after being trapped in his home after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo. on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011. The tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and businesses.

Mike Gullett

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel MISSOURI — Pepsi Cola workers look at the wreckage of the Pepsi Cola Bottling Plant that was destroyed by a tornado in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Charlie Riedel

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel MISSOURI — Storm clouds dwarf a farm near Lamar, Mo. as the sun sets Sunday, May 22, 2011. The storm earlier produced a large tornado moved through much of Joplin, Mo., damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Charlie Riedel

AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, Roger Nomer MISSOURI — Damage is seen in Joplin, Mo. after a tornado struck the city on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011.

Roger Nomer

AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein MISSOURI — William Jackson, left, and Ashley Martin, volunteer firefighters from Oklahoma, survey the wreckage of destroyed homes in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Mark Schiefelbein

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel MISSOURI — Emergency workers wait for a medical team after finding a body in a tornado ravaged car in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Charlie Riedel

AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein MISSOURI — A man walks past destroyed vehicles in the parking lot of the Joplin Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging the hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Mark Schiefelbein

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel MISSOURI — A body is seen in a tornado ravaged car while emergency workers wait for a medical team to arrive in Joplin, Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

Charlie Riedel

AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, Roger Nomer MISSOURI — Emergency vehicles line up along northbound Rangeline Road in Joplin, Mo. after a tornado swept through the city in Joplin, Mo. on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011.

Roger Nomer

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel MISSOURI — An emergency worker searches a Walmart store that was severely damaged by a tornado in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.